Beer-cooler.



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NiTnD STATES Patented. December 29, 1903.

.PATENT OFFICE.

BEER-COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,496, datedDecember2,9, 1903.

. Application led May 31,` 1900.

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO F'. HAGER, a' citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvementin Beer-Oooler's,of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming partthereof.

This invention relates to improvements in coolers for beer and otherliquids, and more particularly to that class of coolers in which theliquid to be cooled is carried through coils of pipes submerged inice-water. p

The objects of my invention are to simplify the construction and reducethe cost of .the supports upon which the cooling-pipes are coiled and toimprove the construction of the4 couplings or connections betweenadjacent coils.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cooler arrangedaccording to my invention with portions broken away to showconstruction. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is across-section of the cooler, taken through the line X X of Fig. 1. Fig.4 is a detail View showing the particular arrangement of the combinedcoupling and coilstandard employed. Fig. 5 is atop plan view of thesame, partiallyin section; and Fig. 6 is a bottom face view of thefloor-plate and detail of coupling.

Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 indicate two separate refrigeratingchambers or vessels placed one upon the other. These vessels are madewater-tight and might also be insulated by jacketing or otherwise, so asto retain the refrigerant action ,of the iced water. The vessel 1, asseen in the drawings, is of larger proportions than the vessel2, andarranged within the projecting portions 3 and 4 4 are the drip-pan andbottle racks or pockets, respectively. A second drip pan 5 is placedover the vessel 2. These drip-pans 3 and 5 are made removable for theintroduction of the ice and water to the vessels.

6 represents the supply-cocks or faucets. These are secured in the frontwall of the vessel 2 over the drip-pan 3 and communicate with the coils7 in thevessel 2. These coils 7 are mounted upon a particularly-devisedstandard, which will be fully hereinafter de- Serial No. 18,507. KNOmodel.)

scribed, and at the base of the standards the' coils communicate throughcouplings with `other coils 8, which are also mounted on simi'- larstandards secured in the vessel 1, and the lower ends of these coils 8communicate with the supply-pipes 15 through a similar couplingconnected to said-supply-pipes.

The bottle racks or pockets 4 are also made removable for ready cleaningand consist of a series of cylindrical chambers 9, made water-tightandsuspended into the vessel1, th us surrounding them with theice-water ofsaid vessel and imparting a refrigerating action to a bottle placed inone of said pockets 9, at the same time keeping the bottles free fromcontact with the iced water and preserving the labels usually placed onsaid bottles.

By the'particular disposition of the bottleracks 4 and coils S it willbe seen that a clear space is left in the vessel 1 equal to the area ofthe'drip-pan 3, thus permitting large pieces of ice to be introducedinto this vessel and necessitating a less frequent supply of ice, as

`well as producing a more effective refrigeration.

The overow-pipes of the vessels 1 and 2 'are of similar construction andconsist of the in the vessel 2 communicates with the vessel i l, and thecollar 1l in the vessel 1 is coupled to and communicates with thewaste-pipe 14.

The standards employed for supporting the pipe-coils 7 and 8 and thecouplings through which the coils communicate with each other and withthe supply-pipes are particularly devised for coolers of this class andare constructed as follows, viz:

16 is a U-shaped strip of band-iron, the ends of which are bolted to thefloor-plate 17 by the bolts 25. (See Figs. 4 and The floor-plate 17 isof sufcient area to insure a rigid support to the standard 16 bolted toit and has projecting from its lower face the ICO threaded sleeve 18.This threaded sleeve forms a passage-way through the ioor-plate and isarranged to project lthrough the floors of the vessels 1 and 2. Torigidly secure the standards and plates in place and at the same timeform a Water-tight joint at this point, the washer 20 and nut 19 arethreaded over the protruding end of the sleeve 18.

The coil 7 is Wound around the standard 16, as seen in Fig. 4, its upperend passing off on a horizontal line to one of the faucets 6 of thevessel 2 and its lower end passing through the center of the plate 17and entering the sleeve 18, where it is connected with the upper end ofthe coil 8 by the coupling 2l. The coil 8 is similarly wound around thestandard 16 in the vessel 1. This standard and coupling is of similarconstruction as that just described, and through this coupling 21 thecoil 8 connects with the supply-pipe 15.

It will be seen that the standards 16, which are formed by the bendingof a stid piece of band-iron, can readily be made of any desired length,and the vertical sides of the standard 16 might also be adjusted to andfrom each other, according to the breadth of loop into Which it isformed. The securingbolts 23, passing through elongated openings 24 inthe door-plate 17, may readily be adjusted to the desired breadth, thusproducing a coil Which is either circular, elliptical, or oblong incross-section, or a short or long coil may be made Without any materialchange in the construction of the standard and coupling.

It Will be seen that an open or closelywound coil may be supported bythe standard just described, and as it is frequently designated that agiven length of soft-metal coil is to be used such length of coil may bewound around the standard and the coil thus formed pulled out, so as toequally distribute it along the standard. In the accompanying drawingsopen coils are shown, allowing a free l circulation of the icedWater'around them.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a disk or protecting plate, which is bolted tothe upper end of the standard 16. This plate 22 protects the upperportion of the coil as the ice is introduced into the vessel.

In operation it will be seen that in coolers constructed as abovedescribed the vessels 1 and 2 are filled with Water to the desired leveland sufficient ice introduced to reduce the temperature of the Water asdesired. The liquid to be cooled is forced through the coils 7 and 8 anddrawn off through the faucets 6, and if it is desired to cool liquid inbottles the bottles are placed in the pockets 9, where their temperatureis reduced by the action of the iced Water surrounding said pockets.

In place of the band-iron 16 a cast-iron standard might be formedintegral With the door-plate 17, or the entire vessel 2 might bedispensed with and the coils 8 communicate direct With the supply-cocks6, and other minor details within the scope of the following claimsmight be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

In a beer-cooler, the combination of a casing, a door-plate secured tothe bottom of the casing and having an opening or passage, acoil-standard consistingv of an inverted-U- shaped frame having thelower ends of its branches secured to the upper side of said floor-plateon opposite sides of its opening, and a cooling-pipe coiled around saidstandard and passing through the opening of the floor-plate,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to thisspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' OTTO F. HAGER.

Witnesses:

O. E. HoDDIcK, DANIEL MoINTosH.

